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The 10 best countries for gender equality for the super-rich

Lianna BrindedAug 11, 2015, 22:04 IST

A woman in a fur coat attends the final day of the 22nd Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow on January 29, 2006 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.Getty

There are 1826 billionaires in the world but only 197 of them are women.

While some countries will have hundreds of them, like China, some nations have a higher proportion of female billionaires.

Approved Index, a UK-based business-networking group, crunched the numbers from Forbes' 2015 billionaire list using this latest July data and found that the top 10 countries for gender equality among the super rich is quite surprising.